United States · Law · S
S. 53 (105th)
Curt Flood Act of 1998
Introduced
21 January 1997
Last action
—
Status
Became Public Law No: 105-297.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Curt Flood Act of 1997 - Amends the Clayton Act to make the antitrust laws applicable to the business of professional major league baseball. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect: (1) the applicability of the antitrust laws to professional baseball's amateur draft, the minor league reserve clause, the Professional Baseball Agreement (the agreement between professional major league baseball teams and teams of the National Association of Baseball), or any other matter relating to the minor leagues or to any restraint by professional baseball on franchise relocation; or (2) the application of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
15 official files
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Enrolled Bill (PDF)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Public Law (text)
Public Law · EN · 27 October 1998
Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 27 October 1998
Referred in House (text)
Referred in House · EN · 31 July 1998
Referred in House (PDF)
Referred in House · EN · 31 July 1998
Engrossed in Senate (text)
Engrossed in Senate · EN · 30 July 1998
Engrossed in Senate (PDF)
Engrossed in Senate · EN · 30 July 1998
Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 30 July 1998
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 29 October 1997
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 29 October 1997
Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 29 October 1997
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 January 1997
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 January 1997
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 21 January 1997
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/53
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/53